Rise from the grave and party with the undead thanks to a whole bunch of horrifically spooky games brought back from the great beyond.
Your mortal soul may not be in danger, but a bunch of video game characters are in my two highest recommendations of the month. Gast: The Greatest Little Ghost (2002 Mindscape & Idol FX AB) is a macabre adventure for all ages that has the titular ghost collect souls from those who have taken over an amusement park. The highly underrated survival horror Gregory Horror Show (2003 Capcom) has you do the same to the effed-up residents of a spooky hotel. Based on an equally weird and under-seen animated show of the same name, I'd say it pips Gast to the top spot by a wide margin.
Beyond these soul stealers we have Dracula's Secret (1996 Corel Corporation), an entertaining adventure game for kids and Isle of the Dead (1993 Rainmaker Software, Inc) an under-loved if slightly wonky first-person-shooter with classic adventure elements that makes it utterly unique for its time. Finally, you can find out your own future in the fortune-telling application called Rosemary West's House of Fortunes (1993 Villa Crespo, Inc). No serial killers included, promise.
On another note, a lot more time has been spent away from the site than normal thanks to some real life events taking up much of my time. I've decided to not do a Monthly-5 for November, instead putting my focus on completing missing reviews, updating some of the older packages that most need it and preparing for December's Christmas Countdown. No idea how much I'm able to get done, but I'll update you all at the end of the month to let you know.
Until then, keep gaming!
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Edutainment-Tarot-Witches!
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Excellent choice! If I can suggest some obscure titles that deserve a second look - Beck the Video Game and Glass Rose (both for Playstation 2).
ReplyDeleteI own Glass Rose physically and is a top contender for the site. A classic adventure on PS2 by Capcom was always gonna be a must buy for me. I also have the ISO for Beck. I got it sight unseen thinking it was perhaps a Rock Band style rhythm game based around the "Loser" musical artist. Since seen the anime and love it, but AFAIK there's no English patch for the game yet which, given the story it tells, is somewhat necessary.
DeleteInteresting Halloween selection thank you, never tried any of these.
ReplyDeleteGood on you for not doing a release in November, take care of yourself as well, we appreciate your work!
I'm very much looking forward to this year's Christmas countdown, it's become a top Christmas tradition for me to check your games daily. Cheers!
If it hadn't released on GOG earlier this year, I would have been hoping for a release of the PC version of the first Resident Evil. We got one game out there being provided for us at least.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool if you want to save your time for Christmas. It helps that all the games on here look like something that captures my interest so there's that to look forward to as well. Hope you enjoy November.
two games id love to see are Freelancer and Druid: Daemons of the mind, currently no way to purchase them besides like ebay :/
ReplyDeleteSolid choice. Will need to wait a bit for those though as it has been reported Links Extreme is next.
Deleteok thanks guess i'll keep waiting, never played links extreme ;o
DeleteOh man Links Xtreme!! What memories. The courses were wild. You can tee off from an inflatable, customize the gravity setting and change the balls to all sorts of wacky alternatives. Glad to hear it's coming to collection chamber.
DeleteBiff always delivers with the best games
DeleteTake as much time as you need!
ReplyDelete"and preparing for December's Christmas Countdown" - this is the big one!
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